U.N. Security Council blacklists foreign fighters, recruiters

Members of the Security Council attend a meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 18, 2014.REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted on Tuesday more than a dozen foreign extremist fighters, fundraisers and recruiters tied to militant groups in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Yemen, including a senior Islamic State leader.

Individuals from France, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Senegal and Kuwait are among those targeted by the Security Council's al Qaeda sanctions committee for an arms embargo, global travel ban and asset freeze.